Geography Chapter 2 Review: Earth's Physical Geography

What is the term for a process that moves bits of rock to different locations?

The high latitudes above the Arctic Circle and below the Antarctic Circle are called:

Climate is minute-to-minute changes in the Earth's atmosphere.

Coniferous trees have needles instead of leaves, are evergreen, and produce cones.

The continents are moving (very slowly) because:

When the Northern Hemisphere is tilted farthest TOWARD the sun, we have:

Which is NOT a factor in climate variation around the world?

What is a term that means "a complete turn?"

A park-like landscape of grasslands with scattered trees.

Our shortest day and longest night of the year occurs at:

Vegetation is the plants that grow naturally in a region.

What's the term for the low latitudes, where there's fairly direct sunlight and hot weather year-round?

Climate is what the weather is like over a long period of time in a specific area.

Which is NOT a factor in hurricane formation?

Which of the following can erode (move) rocks?

Where might deposition (dumping rocks) occur?

In which layer of atmosphere do jet airplanes usually fly?

What is a term for the path one body makes as it circles around another?

What causes daytime and nighttime?

Deciduous trees lose their leaves seasonally.

Which is NOT a way that scientists predict the weather?

A transform plate boundary (edges sliding sideways) causes earthquakes.

Which layer of the atmosphere contains Earth's weather?

The layer formed by the uppermost branches of a rainforest.

What happens at the Spring and Fall Equinoxes?

A divergent plate boundary (plates moving apart) allows magma to rise from the mantle and form new crust.

What's the term for the middle latitudes, where the four seasons are more distinct?

Long ago Earth had only one huge continent called:

Which is NOT a climate region?

Which layer of Earth is mostly molten metal?

What is the term for the imaginary line through Earth between the North and South poles, around which Earth turns?

_____ is the settling out of the smallest pieces of rock (sediments) after they have been eroded.

A convergent plate boundary (edges coming together) creates mountains and volcanoes.

What is the term for a process that breaks down rocks into tiny pieces?

The axis of Earth is tilted relative to its orbit.

The rotation of the tilted Earth causes seasons.

Which does Earth's atmosphere NOT do?

Which layer of Earth is hotter than 5,000°F, but is solid because of the great pressure above it?

What type of thunderstorm can spawn tornadoes?

Which layer of the Earth contains ocean floors and land areas?

Which layer of the Earth includes molten rock circulating in convection currents that move the tectonic plates?

A tornado forms when the tail of a _______ touches the ground.

What is a term for circular motion?

What is the Pacific Ring of Fire?

An area of cold climate and low-lying vegetation.

Which is NOT a type of weathering (breaking rocks)?

In which layer of the atmosphere do most meteors burn up?

In which layer of the atmosphere do auroras occur?

How many standard time zones are there in the world?